Spotlight Detail
The Second Annual University of California, Irvine Film and Media Studies 2019 Spotlight Showcase
2019 Student Spotlight Showcase Winners
LOVING IMAGE THEORY(Yidan Zhang, 6:21 Minutes, Color, Drama, 2018)
Memory is different in everyone’s mind, an encounter in the bar reminds men and women of their old days.
FREESTYLE
(Mindy Vu, 7:01 Minutes, Color, Experimental, 2018)
Yuehfeng "Crody" Lee describes his story and experience in the underground freestyle dance scene.
YONDO + HANNA FOREVER
(Sophie Prettyman-Beauchamp, 5:05, Color, Experimental, 2019)
A chase ensues after a young woman manifests her dream man based off of nothing more than a name on a piece of paper.
FERTILIZER
(Vito Perez, 6:47 Minutes, Color, Suspense, 2018)
An up-and-coming attorney with a terminal illness meets a death collector
ALTAGRACIA
(Karina Acosta, 5:55 Minutes, Color, Documentary, 2018)
Through the eyes that the world can't see from, Altagracia takes us through a daughter's point of view of her mother's true self.
OUR BITTERSWEET MEMORIES OF MATH
(Qianxun Xu, 6:57 Minutes, Color, Documentary, 2018)
Math is not calculation but a language of art.
SHACKLES
(Isaiah Walk, 8:08 Minutes, Color, Experimental Drama, 2019)
A young man struggles with the shackles that hold him down in life.
KDRAMATIC
(Grace Pai, 7:41 Minutes, Color, Romantic Comedy, 2018)
Gaeun, the new girl, goes to her first day at a prestigious university only to find out that she is living in a KDrama.
BOUNCE
(Giovanni Rodriguez, 5:34 Minutes, Color, Documentary, 2018)
Jason Chauv reflects on his own experiences and outlook regarding the universality
of Ping Pong.
STOCKHOLM LOVER
(Jianxing Liang, 11 Minutes, Color, Romantic Tragedy, 2019)
A seemingly typical college student defies her mother in her own battle against ADHD, a widespread mental disorder that’s not being discussed enough.
SMASH
(Lloyd Ea, 11 Minutes, Color, Action Comedy, 2019)
An action comedy film about Charlie, an awkward and timid person, who falls in love with a strong and charming girl, named Serena.
THE LINE
(Xiaoyue Wang, 5:55 Minutes, Color, Experimental Narrative, 2019)
Dare to cross the line.
Biographies of the Film and Media Studies Student Filmmakers
Karina Acosta is a Salvadoran-American filmmaker from the heart of Koreatown, who uses her [free] time taking random trips with family and friends and exploring new places and food wherever she goes. For now, she's working twelve+ hours a day as a Post-Production Assistant.
Lloyd Ea is 4th Year Film and Media Studies Major and DigiFilm Minor at UCI, who loves filmmaking with a passion. He is grateful to everyone who helped him on his journey to become a filmmaker.
Jianxing Liang is a film director and scriptwriter from China. He spends 18 years in China and seeks for a chance to make his own feature film in America.
Grace Pai has graduated from UCI Class of 2018! And is working hard to improve and find work in post-production.
Vito Perez is a 2018 FMS alum inclined towards experimenting with unconventional, awkward cinematography aimed at forcing the viewer to watch the screen more intently.
Sophie Prettyman-Beauchamp is a senior Film and Media Studies major at the University of California, Irvine, originally from the Los Angeles area. After co-directing, producing, assistant directing,and taking on a variety of other positions on set, she wrote and directed her first short film (excluding films she made to entertain herself during her childhood), Snapped, in June 2018. Her second short as a writer-director, Yondo + Hanna Forever, was completed just before the new year. She is currently directing FADA/Zotfest's follow-up to "The Greatest Show at UCI."
Giovanni Rodriguez is a video creator, photographer, and technology enthusiast from Port Hueneme, California.
Mindy Vu is a multidisciplinary artist- dancer, designer, and filmmaker who aims to combine visual and physical artistry in one medium.
Isaiah Walk is an actor, and director, with a love of sharing stories that take simple concepts and make them so much more. His main goal in his film career is to be able to spread his faith through the stories he tells and the way he interacts with everyone on and off set.
Xiaoyue Wang was born in 1996 in China. She studied Film & Media Studies at University of California, Irvine, graduating in 2018. She has written, directed and edited several short films including narrative, documentary and experimental films.
Qianxun Xu graduated last year from UCI with a B.S. degree in Mathematics and a B.A. degree in Film and Media Studies. She now works as a Market Analyst for an incubator
Yidan Zhang is an UCI Film and Media Studies student who thinks film makes the world more real.
This event sponsored by the Department of Film and Media Studies. Special thanks to Peter Krapp,
Catherine Liu, Mike Normandia, Elizabeth Pace, Sylvia Meza-Tallada, Sophie Prettyman-Beauchamp,
Colin Andrews, Yanit Mehta, and Lloyd Ea.